Kingston Upon Hull is shortformed to Hull. Like Paris the word is short and stubby. From that point on though I suspect people associate Paris in a different way to Hull.
I recently visited Hull, yet only for the second time in four years.
The first visit was in 2017 – Hull was celebrating its city of culture status. Remember them – great big social events with programmes of music, film, theatre and the arts.
Well my lead image is from early 2017.
Some bright spark thought it would be a good idea to stick a turbine blade in the main square: I thought it was a Narwhal tusk created by Damien Hirst. I guess if it had been then
- It would still be there
- Hull would now have some serious arts bragging rights in the sculptural world
- I might not have got in to the art gallery so easily
Talking of art galleries, the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull or should we make it KUH even KuH or maybe HKu – more interesting – like NY which I think never harmed New York given its worn on so many clothes. Except KuH is cow in german and KH is some game in Japan and HKu denotes Hong Kong University according to the dreaded search engines.
Oh well………
The Ferens Art Gallery is one of those regional city galleries which deserve greater footfall simply because they are less imposing and possibly less intimidating than the big galleries in the very big cities.
In approximately 7 currently open rooms you can steer your way through the history of art in under 100 pictures (I was not counting as such so please go check – you get the drift).
In about one hour – just viewing only those pictures that “really attract” your eye you can be in and out.
Given it is free entry you can always come back again to take a closer look.
So go visit Hull, visit the Art Gallery and get a coffee in the gallery or in one of the nearby cafes. The people on the entrance were really friendly and welcoming, trying to make everyone feel relaxed. Yes we created a brief queue!
In my next post on Hull, I will reflect on something else that caught my eye on my second visit.
The Wargaming Erratic 